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Shorten strings in an array to a maximum length

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Shortens all strings in an array to a maximum length. Inserts '...' in between the first and last 6 letters

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  1. public static function shortenNames($names) {
  2. 	$short_names = array();
  3. 	foreach ($names as $name) {
  4. 		if (strlen($name) > 15) {
  5. 			$front = substr($name, 0, 6);
  6. 			$back = substr($name, -6, 6);
  7. 			array_push($short_names, $front.'...'.$back);
  8. 		} else {
  9. 			array_push($short_names, $name);
  10. 		}
  11. 	}
  12. 	return $short_names;
  13. }

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